Big Blue Car

Ah, the summer scent of broken promises and jasmine!

We're in summer mode at long last, but there's still no sign of ELOI.
But wait, friends… I have news.

I've found myself with too much spare material, not unworthy enough…

After producing the lyric/info booklet, which partners the 10 Campfire Songs album. I'm making the digital version available as a free download.

You can get your free booklet (multi-page PDF format) here.

I got it into my head that I'd like to create a video with multiple video loops of all the different instruments played while re-recording a little musical ditty through Logic.

So I did...

I pulled the mixed audio track…

The ongoing and evolving discussions with regard to recording 'albums' in todays music marketplace.

If you scour a number of video and music editorials, you will at some point come across the sincere opinion that it's a waste of time…

I've just uploaded the latest work-in-progress video for the 10 Campfire Songs album project.

If you are interested to see and hear a few bits of musical flotsam, please visit my Youtube channel 10 Campfires update for some demos and…

Here we go again - and in oh, so many ways!

Christmas is over. Lockdown number two has bitten chunks out of our Gluteus Perseverance Max. And that feeling of isolation has truly set in for many.

This…

'I've thought long and hard about this, and I'm admittedly apprehensive... but I think it's the way to go'.

Self-serving Compartments

For a long time now I've indulged in many types of music, and over the years I've tinkered, played…

It's a strange feeling to think that you are having a largely shared experience to someone else on an entirely different continent. Covid-19 in its 'vanilla' form (and now clinically dubbed by the mainstream media) has had far-reaching consequences to…

It's January and after the Christmas / winter break I'm looking back at my initial recordings made over the last 6 months.

It does feel a bit like things have slowed in this respect, but in reality I'm doing 'not…

While I've been working on one of the two new Big Blue Car albums through 2019, I found myself drawn to playing around with a number of 'sandbox' ideas. These musical pieces are much too synth and sequence based than…

I've now set up a Tee Shirt store for some of my artwork and designs.
If you'd like to take a look, you can go here: Big Blue Car TeeSpring Store

or here: Big Blue Car Spreadshirt Store

More artwork…

I've just uploaded three new videos onto Youtube:

• The first video is for the track 'Than Ever More Than' from Happy Yet?
• The second is a 'Babble' video with thoughts and pointers regarding the next album(s)
• Video number three…

After a restless few months it all starts again..

Big Blue Car is recording.

The usual writing process remains the same; I collect all my odd scraps of recordings from mobile phone videos, dictaphone type recordings and…

It hits hard when music and writers you respect suddenly disappear off the scene.

If you are watching news headlines today (Feb 25) you may notice the sad news that Mark Hollis from Talk Talk has died. No details available…

After a series of self imposed, on-off moments between 2017-18, the album is done.
In late January it went to the publishers and has since been distributed to streaming and download sites within a few days.

So, now what?

Well…

The good people over at Divide and Conquer Music recently reviewed the Mortal Orbits EP.
Check out the review for yourself: Mortal Orbits Review

Divide and Conquer
Divide and Conquer is a US based collaboration of music enthusiasts who…

Continuing my live interview with Martin Kirby at The Flash Radio office.

I have a chat with Martin Kirby on The Flash radio station and play tracks from the Mortal Orbits EP.

I had the pleasure of dropping in to be part of a live radio interview with Martin Kirby of The Flash radio station.

Martin kindly asked me along to talk on air about Mortal Orbits and played tracks from…

At last, Mortal Orbits is released and available to download from the usual suspects; Amazon, Google, and Apple. It's also available from a number of streaming services as well.

I'll still offer the EP as a cheaper download here…

I've had some frustrating  issues where Tunecore, Spotify, Apple, etc, who seem to have a slightly different view of what constitutes a 'single', an 'EP' or an 'album'.

The short and long of it is that I would have…

Yep, we are currently in a holding pattern above planet Tunecore.

The Mortal Orbits EP is done and dusted and was uploaded to my Tunecore account a couple of days ago. I also got the licensing sorted with them…

The June release came and went due to unforseen circumstances. Rest assured it will be released and available some time in July. It will feature three tracks;

• Mortal Orbits
• Peaceful Day (Red Tarn version)
• Hurry On Sundown, an extended…